Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-02
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS

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Madison promises TO have a good
growth during the coming season.
K%sugsbary county farmers are busy in
their felis, though but little grain has
been sown as yet,
Watertown's council bias entered into
q contract to take six electric lights for
a term of five years.
Oerlstop, tried at Bismarck for the
murder of Joseph p. Robinson, was
acquitted. The jury were out one hour.
Last Friday night the ladies' broom
brigade from the Madison normsl school
gave on exhibition drill at the opera
house.
james E Robinson, Of Fargo, Dakota,
has been dtsbarred from practicing as an
attorney before the interior der artment,
its bureaus ard local Offices.
Stock is bsing taken eagerly for a
cheese factory at De Snaet by both farm
ers aud merchants; Sc. 900 is the llmit,of
stock nud So. 600 will be subscribed.
The Hillsboro National bank has pur-
chased q lot adjoining, their present site
for $4,000, and will erect this sun mer q
two story brick 5oxs0 to cost $50 COO.
The first term of court by Judge Spen-
Ger commenced at De Smet Thursday.
The judge seems to be pleasing every
one SO far by his pleasant address and
logical decisions.
Meests. Smith u Jacobs, of Madison,
have gone to Wisconsin to inspect the
new $4,000 steamer, intended for use on
Lake Madison. III it proves satisfactory
it will be at the lake in a few days.
For the fist time in the history of
Mlnnehaha county, there was no bust
ness for the grand jury at the April
term OF the district court, and the Judge
ordered that no grand jury be drawn.
IL. j. Rice accepts the nomination for
mayor of Huron on the law and order
ticket. This action allays much dissatis-
faction and insures Rice's election by the
largest vote ever given a candidate at
Huron's city election.
A telephone franchise he's been granted
at Watertown and q contract made with
Morfelt, Hodkins & CLARK, of Watertowp,
N. y. for q complete system of water
works with five miles of pipe, provided
that this action is ratified at q special
! election.
The Q building of the Young Mems
Christian association at Fargo was for
mally opened and dedicated Wednesday
evening. The society purchased the
old court house, moved it down upon
the Northern Pacific right of way, and
have expended So ,O00 i improving it.
The north Dakota territorial board OF
agriculture met at Fargo Tuesday even
ing and perfected a permanent organiza-
ton with the following officers: s. q.
Roberts, Fargo, president; John DeGroot
Hillsboro, vice president; q. E. Bowers,
Hilisboro, treasurer; w. H. Becker,
Fargo. secretary.
A child Of A. @. Seney, of Sioux Falls,
was very badly bitten Wednesday by q
large Newfoundland dog. The child
was TOUR years old and was playing in
the yard with the family dog. as usual,
when the dog attacked the child and bit
it in the face, the wounds extending en-
tirely on il side of the face.
The Watertown city council has passed
an ordinance granting to Charles Josce-
Ign exclusive franchise to build and
operate street railways in that city for
twenty years. Mr.. Joseiyn agrees to
build Q motor line between Watertown
and lake Kampeska within Blk months
and q street railway in the city within
one year.
The Hicks. Trask hardware company
at Aberdeen has made an assignment to
O. j. Hute. The liabilities are unknown
but the firm claims assets largely in
excess. John T. McChesney, president
of the Aberdeen national bank, is the
the principal creditor there. Business
houses in Chicago, New York, ST. Louis
and st. Paul are quite heavily interested.